Agreed... We really shouldn't judge until we've tried it. Maybe it will be good. I know it isn't in the Silent Hill formula, but maybe the traditional Silent Hill formula doesn't work on the Vita, so we end up with this top down game which plays well, and give us something in the Silent Hill universe. I'm just glad a demo is finally coming... I was worried this game would never come out.

"but maybe the traditional Silent Hill formula doesn't work on the Vita"

The last time I saw it, the traditional formula worked flawlessly in Silent Hill Origins for PSP, why wouldn't it work for a handheld that has much more hadrware power to be spent on a more sophisticated graphical presentation? I'm sorry but that's not an excuse.

You act as if I'm speaking in terms of absolutes... I'm simply offering a perspective. Maybe they wanted to make a top down shooter, but were afraid of releasing a new IP with the current size of the install base of the Vita, so they set it in the Silent Hill universe to make sure it sells. There; there's another perspective. You are not on the development team, so you cannot say anything about valid excuses. This is simply a forum for us to discuss these things, not validate excuses. Thing is, it's small minded to take the ritsuka666's mindset of if it's not the same Silent Hill, it will clearly suck. Look at MotorStorm RC on Vita... it's not the typical MotorStorm formula, and they also made MotorStorm on the PSP to the traditional formula, but MS RC is a good game. Different... but still good.

I will try it if the demo comes to US. I love dungeon crawlers and will play this one if its good, I dont care if it isnt a normal silent hill as the normal silent hill games havent been very good lately anyways. I just went and replayed SH 1 instead of playing the new crappy one.

More like Diablo.. Im giving the demo a try & judge it for myself.. I like dungeon crawlers... Its not a sequel to silent hill.. Its a damn spin off so idk why ppl keep complaining about its play style..

Honestly, when this was announced I was just as outraged as every other hot blooded Silent Hill fan. But then I started reading about the mechanics of the game and it started to sound interesting. I for one am going to give this game a chance. I'm gonna try the demo and judge for myself if it's worth a buy. I know a lot of people are going to hate on this game just because "it's not Silent Hill", but if you think about it... What was the last REAL Silent Hill game? Silent Hill 3? The Room wasn't even supposed to be a Silent Hill game but Konami thought it was too risky to make a new IP and then did a tie in with SH2. After that all Silent Hill games have been basically western interpretations that have ranged from decent to mediocre.

As a long time hardcore Silent Hill fan, I'm gonna pull all my fanboyism aside and I'm gonna give this game a chance. And I invite everyone else who likes the series and owns a Vita to at least give the demo a chance. And honestly, I have been pleasantly surprised by how Wayforward has injected some life into old franchises. Give this game a chance, people. If you play it and you hate it, so be it. But i'd be a shame to miss out on what could possibly be a fun portable spin off series because some people just refused to give it a chance. And let's not fool ourselves, a dungeon crawling multiplayer game on our Vitas has the potential to be awesome!